animation, and in a very impressive manner. He usually wrote them at full length; but in the delivery of them, he seldom confined himself strictly to his notes; and at his Lectures, which were perhaps his most popular addresses, he always spoke extempore. One of the last objects of a public nature which engaged his attention, was a Bible Society, which has lately been established in Manchester, auxiliary to the grand association of this kind in London. In the promotion and formation of this noble Institution he felt a warm interest; and one of the last times that he ever spoke in publick was at a meeting of its friends and promoters; upon which occasion, though his impaired strength did not permit him to say much, be delivered his sentiments with peculiar animation and feeling in favour of its important design; and this honourable effort of his zeal in the cause of God and Religion, may be justly said to have contributed to gild the horizon of his setting sun, which, in various respects, went down amidst an effulgence of glory, to rise again in unclouded and everlasting splen dour. In his private character the Rev. Dr. Barnes was truly amiable and exemplary. The most distinguishing feature of it was his fervent piety; and to this were added the strictest integrity and uprightness, both of mind and conduct; great disinterestedness; and an ardent, active benevolence, which made him always ready to every service by which he could either benefit or oblige others. He was particularly liberal in the relief of the poor, with whose necessities he was acquainted. In his general disposition he had great natural vivacity, as well as an habitual cheerfulness, founded upon Religious priaciples and hopes constantly influencing his mind; and his manners were remarkably conciliating such as actually engaged the esteem and affection of all who had the happiness of knowing him. His conversation was peculiarly interesting and entertaining, yet always of a perfectly innocent, and generally of a profitable nature and tendency. He exceedingly disapproved of all ludicrous allusions irry to the Holy Scriptures in particular, and of a light way of speaking e the Sacred things in general; and he wo Bri him : a WS in particular, in the original Greek, with great care, and minute critical attention; was able to read the Hebrew Scriptures of the Old Testament with considerable ease, and had a very general knowledge of what is called Polite Literature; but he did not devote much attention, at least in the latter part of his life, to Philosophical subjects; as it was a matter of principle with him to make all his studies subservient to the great object of Ministerial usefulness; and amidst all his other engagements and avocations, he always discharged the duties of his sacred office with uncommon zeal, fidelity, and diligence. He was very remarkable for the regular distribution of his time, for the strict application of it to the several duties and engagements to which it was allotted, for punctuality in the observance of all his appointments, and for neglecting no single person or object to which his attention was due. He had an uncommonly fertile mind, great quickness of conception, as well as readiness of expression, and composed with wonderful facility; so that writing was rather a pleasure than a work of labour to him: and he has actually written many hundreds of Sermons which he never preached, and other serious compositions, which have lain dormant in his study. Beside the pieces above mentioned, which were inserted in the Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, he never published any thing but a Discourse upon the Commencement of the Academy which he undertook to conduct; a Funeral Sermon upon the death of his friend the Rev. Tho. Threlkeld, of Rochdale, with some Account of his Life, and particularly of his extraordinary memory, annexed to it; and some smaller pieces, which have been given to the publick without his name, chiefly in different periodical works; but though Dr. Barnes has published so little, he has written more than most men-probably the truth would not be exceeded by saying, as much as Richard Baxter himself wrote, in the course of his uncommonly active and laborious life. Considered as a Preacher, he possessed great excellencies. He had a strong and sonorous voice: his Sermons were serious and striking; and he delivered them with uncommon iish himself scrupulously careful never to open his lips upon any serious subject, and especially never to, mention the name of God, without a becoming seriousness and reverence. In his habits of life he was very abstemious, eating only plain food with great moderation, and never tasting any spirituous or fermented liquors; but he enjoyed, in general, a sound state of health, and an equal flow of spirits, such as few have the happiness to experience. His constitution was naturally strong and good, though he had from his birth an enlarged arm, which might appear to a stranger to indicate some original malady, or unhealthy tendency of his bodily frame. His natural vigour, however, began visibly to decline, at least a year be fore his death; though he continued to perform his usual labours, and went through them with apparent ease to himself, till within a few of the last months. An asthmatical af fection, which had manifested itself for some time, and been gradually increasing, then began to assume a very serious and alarming appearance, attended, at the same time, with some paralytic symptoms; in consequence of which, it became necessary for him to desist from all public duty. Upon this, he retired to his country-house at Ferneyside, near Bolton, where he was regularly visited by his medical friends, and former pupils at the Academy, Dr. Holme and Dr. Henry, as well as by his old and much esteemed friend Mr. Henry, the father of the latter gentleman; and every assistauce was afforded him which medical skill and the kind attention of his friends could yield; notwithstanding which, he rapidly sunk under his disorder, till it terminated fatally about midnight, between the 27th and 28th of last June. In the near view of death, the feelings of the late Rev. Dr. Barnes were not merely those of serenity and peace, but of joy and exultation, grounded upon the animating hope and assurance of a blessed immortality which awaited him. He uniformly discovered the most perfect patience and submission to the will of God under the distressing sufferings which he experienced, particularly from the difficulty of respiration; was h often repeating passages of Scripture xpressive of this temper, as well as pro his firm hope and confidence in Rev. solicit th God; and giving, in the most tender portance, candour, and that decency Here "where, could any of the Holy men of old behold it, instead of the beauty of holiness, a magnificent service, and a temple filled with the immediate presence of Jehovah, they should see a rabble transacting business, making engagements, and walking to and fro in the midst of public prayers; every countenance, with a very few exceptions, indicating the utmost irreverence and unconcern; and their Chief Rabbi sitting by, and seeming to care for none of these things." To this the Reviewer subjoins: "We add, that we have known ladies, who from curiosity visited the Jews Synagogue, addressed by gentlemen (such we must call them!) during the devotional services, with solicitations for their company at convenient houses in the neighbourhood. How indecorous !" We may very well pass by what the first writer says of seeing things in a modern Jewish Synagogue, which are in their nature invisible and ideal, to come to his Reviewer, who has "known ladies," &c.; things to be sure within the line of possibility, but very improbable ! In a Jews Synagogue, and particularly that of Duke's Place, every person who has been there must kuow, it is impossible for gentlemen to address ladies, because the men and women are se parate, and are not even seen by each other. Christian men, it is also well known, are suffered to remain with the Jewish men below; but if a woman should even attempt, or by mistake enter among the men, she would be immediately shewn up stairs among the women, who are concealed from the rest of the Congregation by a kind of lattice.-Ignorance, therefore, or something more malignant, must have prompted this scandalous falsehood. Is not this tract published or patronized by the London Society? I have never witnessed any thing like conduct of that indecorous kind in a Jews' Synagogue, nor in any of our Churches; but I have frequently seen it, not at the outside of doors, but within the doors of other places, occupied by some popular and eccentric Preachers; which are known and resorted to as places of assignation! Still it would be extremely unfair to use this circumstance as an argument against the behaviour and decorum of a Congregation at large. Certainly the difference of the forms, the language, dress, &c. used by the Jews and us in pub lic worship, produce an effect upon a Christian, not very advantageous to the former. I have mentioned to a Jew what I esteemed as a deviation from seriousness in their worship: his reply was, "Ours is not a melancholy Religion." I heartily wish the same could now be said of those persons, who are so busy in what they call converting the Jews; and who are charged with using means for that purpose, directly opposite to the very nature and spirit of Christianity! D. D." What these means are, Mr. Thomas Witherby has very forcibly described in his late tract, intituled, "The Wisdom of the Calvinistic Methodists displayed, in a Letter to the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, The London Society are the persons whose worldly policy, and moneyraising system for making Jewish Converts, this gentleman condemns with a degree of zeal that does honour to a Christian, who never descends to scurrility or abuse. also strongly disapproves of the idea of a fund for advancing loans to Jews who may be induced to intermarry with Christians. He "Can we," says he, "endare the indignity that is thus offered to Bri tish Christian women by the deep-laid policy of a party who exclusively appropriate to themselves the name of the Serious Publick, the Evangelical or Gospel Ministers 2" But, notwithstanding the few noble and great names that belong to the London Society, Mr. W. expresses "his hope that the insidious policy of the London Society will expose them to that contempt to which the meanness of their measures so justly devotes them" this hope is not likely to be disappointed. Every person in the least degree capable of reasoning upon cause and effect, and likewise the Missionary Society, now seem eager to distinguish and separate their views from the others; but the ill effects of the measures which the former have adopted can be felt by the Jews alone, the very persons whom they pretend to serve! To have any conception of the inveterate prejudices which the Jews entertain against Methodists, or people who are called so, it is necessary to have been among them. Ask, for instance, the numerous Jewish planters in Jamaica, what have been the effects of the attempts of the Missionaries to convert the Negroes; it is said that suicide and insanity have since been more frequent than before in that island. However, let equal laws compel the masters every where to treat their slaves with humanity and moderation, and then there will be less necessity than ever for Missionaries to introduce other comforts. A Methodist, and an intolerant Roman Catholick of the Old Un-reformed School, are equally an abomination to the Jews. All the great and necessary changes made in the Roman Catholic system, and the civil benefits assigned and secured to the Jewish Sanhedrin at Paris, in May 1806, by the Head of the French Government, I must confess, have ever since that time excited a strong desire in me, that these examples might, as far as circumstances could admit, be followed (as I have not the least doubt they will be) all over Christendom. From the farther consideration, that a period of great liberty and toleration was generally understood as having been predicted in the Old and New Testaments, and even so by some of the most learned, rational, and philosophic writers, divines, and others, I became a warm advocate for granting civil and religious liberty to the Jews to the fullest extent; but always consistent with the views of their respective Governments. Hence, through printing "The New Sanhedrin," and "Causes and Consequences of the French Emperor's Conduct towards the Jews,” in 1807, in a great measure on my own account, I sustained a very considerable loss; nevertheless, the attention I have since received from a few en lightened individuals of the Jewish persuasion in this Metropolis, with whom I have had the happiness of being acquainted, I look upon as a source of the purest gratification; particularly in being a witness to their integrity as men, their industry and ingenuity as mechanicks and artists, and of their gratitude in general to Christians who do not persecute them with their ill-timed importunities about conversion and repentance, while there are so many of our own people who stand more in need of these changes themselves. Besides, after hearing so much about the Hebrew Literati from the French and German Journals, and being instrumental in putting many of these documents into an English dress, it could not be otherwise than gratifying to find that where liberality and science had been cultivated, the English Jew was no more devoid of ability and genius, than his brother on the Cons tinent. But though I have taken pains to give publicity to sentiments of this nature in a variety of publications in which I have been concerned, I am far from supposing that every thing I have ad vanced has been flattering to the Jews exclusively this is what I never sought after. As a Christian, I shall always differ widely from them in many points. However, from Christians, unless they are the moderate Members of the Church of England, or the Old Dissenters, I shall, at least for some time, expect less candour than from the Jews! Fanatics and enthusiasts of all denominations are enemies to learning. Now the investigation necessary to ascertain the nature of the Call, or Conversion of the Jews, has no necessary connexion with the indispensable doctrines of our Religion. It is no article of faith; but an abstruse discussion, which, like the contents of the Prophetical books in general, with that of the Revelations, may be taken or left, without any injury to the practical performance, or progress of the Christian Religion. Yours, &c. W. HAMILTON REID. P. S. I have been given to understand that the Jews complain of some of their advocates, as well as their persecutors. The harsh sentiments of M. Archenhotz relative to the German Jews, in his Picture of England, being inadvertently quoted in a late abridgement of Mr. Pennant's London by John Wallis, are complained of as totally inapplicable to the present race. The mention also made by Mr. Atkins, in his " Compendious History of the Israelites," of the charges brought against them of crucifying Christian children in the dark ages, has caused much uneasiness. They justly urge, that if ever any confessions of such crimes were anade, like those of pretended witches and wizards, they were probably extorted by torture, or the apprehension of it. Even admitting the fact, the repetition of it, at a time when former grounds of difference ought to be forgotten, had much better been passed over. But, as it is probable that these objections will be removed in future editions of these entertaining works, there is no necessity to exceed the bare notice of them at present. W. H. R. I Mr. URBAN, Leicester, Aug. 13. PERUSED the letter of your respectable Correspondent S. E. Supp. Vol. LXXX. p. 627, with sentiments of admiration and delight; and I hope that, ere long, the formidable evil of which be complains will be effectually removed. I am astonished that it has not earlier met with the attention of the Legislature, as it is a point of the greatest magnitude: there can be no doubt but that the most pernicious effects have been already produced by it; and if we look around us, and remark the apathy which is frequently manifested with respect to the welfare of the Establishment, or take a view of the numerous sects of Dissenters which have emanated amongst us, we may, in some measure, trace the origin of these and similar evils, to the want of those Chapels, the erection of which your Correspondent has shewn to be so absolutely necessary. Many and cogent are the reasons which might be adduced in favour of the erection of Parochial Chapels : they are indispensably necessary in large and extensive parishes, in whatever light they are considered: the Minister derives essential benefit from them; as, by their assistance, he is enabled to execute the divine offices with greater ease to himself, and more to the satisfaction of the parishioners; the inhabitants participate in the good effects which result from them, as they give them an opportunity of attending divine service with more convenience than they formerly could; the cause of Religion also derives a considerable degree of support from them, as they prevent the parishioners from absenting themselves from public worship, under those vague and frivolous pleas which they frequently urge when the Church is at a considerable distance from their houses. Various other arguments might be brought forward in support of these Chapels; but I feel that, if 1 were to make use of any more than I have already done, I should be insulting the good sense and perception of your numerous Readers-the utility of these edifices being so palpably obvious. I rejoice that the subject has been recently taken up by a Nobleman, than whom no one, perhaps, is more competent to do it justice; and I flatter myself that, before another session of Parliament closes, something ef fectual will be done by the Legislature. Yours, &c. J. STOCKDALE HARDY. Mr. URBAN, A August 1. DAY or two ago came into my hands a single number of a periodical publication for June last, which, amongst other topicks, dedicates no inconsiderable portion of its pages to a discussion of Public Affairs. Its propositions appear to me to be laid down in a very dogmatical manner; but, as they do not carry conviction along with them, they are not likely to receive universal assent. Speaking of a late transaction, it says; "The imprisonment of the best and most beloved Representative of the People,”—(are not the two words "cer |